[Ruatha]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Ruatha:
That won't succed.
There can be nowar that terrible that people won't cry for revenge.
The way is to stop it and back off.

I don't know about this. There aren't too many people in Germany, Japan and Italy crying for revenge over the way WW2 ended. Backing off and leaving the people that cause these problems in power is exactly the kind of halfway thinking that ended wars for centuries, and caused the persistant cycle of violence. If WWI had ended the way WW2 ended, one might have been enough.

Geoschmo

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Yes, That is the difference.
The second WW wasn't bad enough to stop future wars.
WW1 ended with a bad deal for the loosers who had to follow several conditions.

WW2 ended with a good deal for the loosers, they got aid and support from the winners. They didn't need to cry out for revenge!

I do not belive it was the horrors of WW2 that inhibited WW3, it was the good post-war behaviour that did it.

btw, the cold war might have been involved in avoiding ww3 too

Some wars must be fought. That doessn't mean that in many cases there are other solutions!

[ March 15, 2003, 17:37: Message edited by: Ruatha ]